Reference:

SEP20259673

Expiry date:

17:59, Sun, 21st Sep 2025

Location:

Liverpool

Salary:

£61,760.00 - £75,959.00 Per Annum

Benefits:

30 Days holiday + Bank Holiday and additional Christmas closure days

Strategic Partnerships Lead

Location: Liverpool

Full time, permanent

Salary: £61,760 - £75,959

Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine is a world leading institution, recognised for excellence in research and teaching in global health. For over a century, we have been improving lives worldwide through groundbreaking research, innovative education, and strategic partnerships that tackle the world’s most pressing health challenges.

We are looking to appoint a Strategic Partnerships Lead to further co-develop and deliver a bold partnerships strategy that will strengthen our global impact, extend our influence, and help us achieve our strategic ambitions. This is a high-profile role at the heart of LSTM’s mission, combining strategic insight with hands-on delivery, working across the full partnership lifecycle, from horizon scanning and prospecting to execution, monitoring, and evaluation, to ensure our partnerships create meaningful, measurable change.

What you’ll be doing

• Contribute to the further development, implementation and monitoring of LSTM’s Partnership Strategy and take a lead role in operational planning including developing and delivering a supporting framework with operational plans, risk registers and KPI dashboards
• Provide strategic advisory and operational support to the Pro-Vice-Chancellor for Partnerships, LSTM Executive and colleagues, and manage oversight for the Partnerships, Engagement and External Relations Committee and Global Hubs Council
• Establish and manage a personal portfolio of strategic partnerships, acting as the main point of contact and senior relationship manager for LSTM’s Global Hubs and regional/civic partners, while overseeing LSTM’s wider network of relationship managers
• Develop and embed processes and mechanisms to track, measure and ensure effective delivery, impact, governance and compliance across all partnership activities

Who we are looking for

• Proven experience in developing, managing, and evaluating strategic partnerships.
• Ability to build rapport, negotiate and influence diverse stakeholders both in within the UK and globally.

To see a full list of responsibilities and requirements, please refer to the attached job description.

Interview Information

The recruitment process for this role will take place in two stages:

• First stage, in person in Liverpool: 7th and 10th October
• Second stage: 13th October

Additional benefits of joining LSTM:

• 30 days annual leave, plus bank holidays and 6 additional Christmas closure days
• Generous occupational pension schemes
• Agile working
• Affiliated, discounted staff membership to the University of Liverpool Sports Centre
• Employee assistance programme to support with employee well-being
• High street discounts and cashback offers
• Government-backed cycle to work scheme
• Plus, a host of additional family friendly policies

Application Process:

To apply for the position, please click on the apply link and upload your CV and Covering Letter.

If you have any questions or would like to discuss the role, please get in touch with Sophie Timms, Talent Acquisition Partner - Recruitment@lstmed.ac.uk. Please note, applications will still need to be submitted via our online portal.

Due to the volume of applications we receive, we may close our vacancies early. It is therefore advisable to apply as early as possible if you would like to be considered for a role.

Inclusion is central to our values at LSTM

We seek to attract and recruit people who reflect the diversity across our communities, regardless of sexual orientation, gender identity, ethnicity, nationality, faith or belief, social background, age, and disability. LSTM selects candidates based on skills, qualifications, and experience.

We welcome conversations about flexible working and applications from those returning to employment after a break from their careers.

LSTM actively promotes Equal Opportunities and Safeguarding Policies.